[Bell Historians] Historical methods of bell tuning

[La Greenall]

No problem Bill. It's just as much a pleasure to learn something new as
it is to contribute.

Chees, Lawrence, Waltham Abbey Hist Soc.

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> Lawrence:
> > Sorry Bill, at least I tried!
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> Absolutely, and it was mean of me to tease you. One of the 
> great things 
> about this list is that people make a genuine effort to help and to 
> contribute and long may it continue.
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> Richard:
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> > I suspect that many of the better founders were quite aware 
> of partial
> tones ... I'll go through my science of music books (I have
> quite a collection!) and see what early references I can dig up.
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> The information can turn up on the most unlikely places. In my own 
> researches I (re)discovered that Jacob van Eyck, the musical 'brains' 
> behind the Hemonys, met a Dutch philosopher / scientist called Isaac 
> Beeckman, a relative of Christian Huygens, in 1633 and described and 
> demonstrated the partial tones of bells. Isaac wrote it all 
> down in his 
> diary which was published, unfortunately for us in Dutch, 
> between 1939 
> and 1953. I think this was the source used by André Lehr.
> 
> I wonder if such a treasure trove is hiding in a UK library or record 
> office somewhere?
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> Regards,
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> Bill H
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